Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

The Invasive Species Management Act outlaws the sale and spread of species, like the Bradford pear, Japanese barberry and ...

Pear trees are attractive enhancements to gardens and bear delicious, nutritious fruit. In Japan folklore, pears are believed to ward off evil and misfortune and were often planted near gates and in ...

Years of complaints from residents and environmental groups finally led to a law banning one smelly tree and 29 other ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With spring in full bloom across West Michigan, there is at least one tree that plant biologists would like to kill off across the state: the callery pear. The callery ...

An initiative by the Kettering Tree Committee wants to remove the trees from city-owned land and replace them with native ...

(THE CONVERSATION) – When people think of spring, they often picture flowers and trees blooming. And if you live in the U.S. Northeast, Midwest or South, you have probably seen a medium-sized tree ...

Although Philly is full of smells at all times, there’s one in particular you may have noticed lately – Bradford Pear trees.

Although they are pretty, Bradford pear trees are smelly and invasive. They are tolerant to the range of soil types and moisture types in New Jersey.